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He was raised in the english way |
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His daddy taught him respect, he taught him how to pray |
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They sent him off to boarding school |
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Where he learned how to live by someone else's rule |
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And he went to confession |
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He went to confession |
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Holy father wash my sins away |
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He went to confession |
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He went to confession |
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Mother mary take the pain away |
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He read letters from home at night in his bed |
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And got this uneasy feeling when his father said |
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Fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise a good boy |
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The fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise a good boy |
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He bought his daddy's car and he learned to drive |
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And when he left school he got a nine to five |
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He met the girl and he got his spouse |
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And they had the child and they got the house |
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And he went to confession |
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He went to confession |
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Holy father wash my sins away |
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He went to confession |
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He went to confession |
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Mother mary take the pain away |
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He loved his son and he helped him build walls and fronts |
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He knew he'd heard it before |
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Someone had said it once |
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Fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise a good boy |
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The fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise a good boy |
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He raised his son in the english way |
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And he taught him respect, he taught him how to pray |
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He sent him off to boarding school |
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Where he learned how to live by someone else's rules |
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And he went to confession |
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He went to confession |
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Holy father wash my sins away |
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He went to confession |
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He went to confession |
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Mother mary take the pain away |
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It must be something much deeper than fear or pain |
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Another child learns a pattern he won't break the chain |
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Fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise a good boy |
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The fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise a good boy |
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The fear of god and the feel of the rod |
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Will raise the next boy |
